The Bangladesh war of independence in 1971
was one of the bloodiest conflicts in living memory. In an attempt to
crush forces seeking independence for what was then East Pakistan, the
West Pakistani military regime...
Update | - 200,000 attended Obama's speech in Berlin, the Associated Press has updated. " Barack Obama Thursday told a vast crowd of 200,000 people in Berlin that Americans and Europeans must tear down walls between...
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Sheriff Arpaio has a history of harassing "dime-droppers" within the Sheriff's Office and penalizing critics outside of it. The guy behind a prominent anti-Arpaio Web site found his trash rifled through and a wiretap...
Flickr has now added a video feature to the site."Flickr members can now upload video to the popular photo-sharing site.Yahoo launched video-sharing this week. Flickr boasts 42 million visitors a month. The company...
"A month-long inter-cricket tournament commemorating the Independence Day was organised by United International University Sports Club (UIUSC). The teams competing in the tournament were School of Business (Orange), (Blue) and School of Engineering (Orange),...
"Here in Metropolis, online advertising is at a premium. You have to make sure it is catchy and if it isn’t, you have to sign a superhero (or villain) to a contract to endorse your product. It’s a cut-throat world and in constant change.So how does Superman stay at the...
"One of the most frustrating aspects of fibromyalgia has been the lack of
viable medications to treat its symptoms according to Disaboom, the largest online
community for people with disabilities. Many different things are tried in
combination for relief of pain and for...
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AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...
"We have all seen the TV adverts for Marks & Spencer (M&S) sexy food and are aware of the lavish price tags that accompany their seemingly forbidden food. Well how about £300,000 for a grape? Accountant, Alexander Martin-Sklan, 55, from London claimed this is what...
The world just wasn't ready for his love, and now he's in prison for it."A love-struck graffiti artist who habitually immortalised his heart's desire in paint was jailed for two years today. For weeks "persistent...
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